Re: Retrieving latest version of a file for a specified distribution

2010-01-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 24 January 2010 09:45:08 Malte Forkel wrote: > Given a file name (e.g. "/etc/dhclient.conf") and a distribution name > (e.g. "etch"), I would like to programmatically retrieve the file's > latest version for that distribution. Not possible in general because of the alternatives system an

Retrieving latest version of a file for a specified distribution

2010-01-24 Thread Malte Forkel
Hi, Given a file name (e.g. "/etc/dhclient.conf") and a distribution name (e.g. "etch"), I would like to programmatically retrieve the file's latest version for that distribution. If the local machine is running the distribution in question, the start is probably relatively simple. I can find out